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If we cast a glance at the profession of some, it is all upon the bright side of things.<br><br> They would gladly have you believe that they are actually and experimentally before God, what they profess to be before men. But when we come with close and searching eye to watch the fruits that spring from this 'splendid profession,' how little do they correspond with the profession itself!<br><br> Pride, covetousness, worldly-mindedness, levity and frivolity, a hard, contentious spirit, irreverence in divine things, running heedlessly into debt, general looseness of conduct.<br><br> How often are these <strong>dark marks stamped upon this bright profession!</strong> They hold the truth doctrinally—but the work of the Spirit upon the heart is unknown!